US538941A - Fillings-machine - Google Patents

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' NiTEDaA- STATES PATENT Fries,

'.ToHNr. woLvEN, or s'r. CLAIR, M ictneAN.

SFECIFICATIN forming part of Letters :Patent No. 538,941, dated May 7, 1895. Appiitation'filea July 13,1894.. seal No.. 517,455. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that LIJOHN F. WOLVEN, of St. Clair, in .the county of St. Clair andState of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Filling-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved filling machine, which'is simple and durable in construction and arranged to simultaneously fill a large number of vessels with a liquid; for instance, bottles or communion cups in church services.

The invention consists of certain parts and details, and combinations of the same, as will be hereinafter described and then pointed out inthe claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lis a sectional side elevation of the improvementonthe line l l of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of part of -the improvement with the valves withdrawn.

The improved filling machine is provided with a suitably-constructed base A, having the standards B supporting on their upper ends a reservoir C, adapted to contain the liquid to be discharged into the vessels to be iilled. In the bottom of the reservoir C are arranged rows of funnels D, each adapted to discharge into the vessel E to be filled, the said vessels being arranged in rows and set in a tray F, adapted to be placed on thebase A, so that a funnel D is directly over the mouth of a corresponding vessel. Each funnel is adapted to be closed from the inside by a rubber tipped valve G, secured on the lower end of an upwardly-extending valve rod G pivotally-connected at its upper end with an arm Hprojecting from the shaft H,jourv naled insuitable bearings I attached to the upper end of the reservoir C.

Now, it will be seen by reference to Figs. 1 and 2, that all the valve rods G for the funnels in a transverse row, are connected with arms H on a single transverse shaft H, so that when the shaft is turned, the arms H swing upward to lift the valve rods G, so as to move all the valves G off' the funnels in that particular' row, to permit the liquid to flow from the reservoir through the said funnels into the corresponding'row of vessels E. Each of the shaftsH is provided on one outer end with a downwardly-extending arm J, pivotallyconnected with a longitudinally-extending rod K, formed at one end with a handle K under the control of the operator. Now, by this arrangement all the shafts H are connected with the rod K, so that the operator in manipulating the handle K can simultane: ously impart a swinging motion Vto all the shafts H to cause a simultaneous opening or closing of all the valves G in the machine. When the several parts are in the position, as shown in Fig. 1, then all the valves Gr are closed and liquid is pre-vented from flowing from the reservoir C into the vessels E.

When the operator takes hold of the handle K of the rod K and pushes the same rearward into the position shown in Fig. 3, then the arms .I imparta swinging motion to all the shafts H, whereby the arms H swing up- Vward, lifting the valve rods G to move the valves G, so as to unseat the same in the funnels D. The latter are thus opened and the liquid can now ow from the' reservoir C into all the vessels E to lill the same. As soon as this is accomplished, the operator moves the Vrod K forward into the position shown in Fig.

l, so that the valves G are again seated in the funnelsB to close the same. The trayF supporting the filled vessels can now be removed from the base A and. another tray substituted containing empty vessels to be filled. The above described operation is then repeated.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent` VA filling machine, comprising a reservoir, funnels. secured on the said reservoir and adapted to discharge into the vessels to be filled, elastic valves adapted to close the said funnels and provided with upwardly extending rods, shafts mounted to turn above and in line vwith the said funnels and each provided with a series of arms, each of said arms IOO being pivotally connected with a valve rod, an arm secured to one end of said shaft and adapted when moved in one direction to turn said shaft and swing the series of arms oonneeted with the valve rods upward to move the valves from their seats, and when moved in the opposite direction to swing the said arms downward to a vertical position, whereby the said arms and valve rods are brought ro into line beneath the shaft and the valves are compressed against their seats and held against direct'upward movement, and a 1ongitudinaily extending rod to which the arms on the ends of the shafts are pivoted, as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN F. WOLVEN.

Witnesses:

EDWIN T. Soms, JAMES H. CADY.

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